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FLIGHTS CANCELLED, KINGDOMS OF STONE AND BOATS FULL OF TEARS – Frederik Rreshpja Poems

PRELUDE – Oh air of evening wrap me, now that I die again. When it will close my eyes, there will be no sea for boats of tears. I go and leave you closed all the rain. But I will return again to every season that I want. I was the sadness of the world. Oh air of evening wrap …

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WINDOWS AND A THOUSAND THOUSAND STARS, IN BERAT – White houses and beautiful panoramic views, in Albania

Since 2008, the city was declared a World Heritage Site. That little gem of a thousand windows, the beautiful sight, all those white Ottoman houses that climb on the banks of a river, up to an ancient castle, all this awaits you in Albania, Berat. Beautiful that fortress (easily reachable by car), where your eyes ranging over a beautiful. The …

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DEEP REFLECTIONS ON THE HUMAN SOUL – Joseph Kaliher and his creative colorful horizons

JOSEPH KALIHER 1/3 – An exquisite unmistakable style and cheerful, full of deep reflections on the human soul. This is the creative world of a painter who comes from Texas, to put on canvas with the colors his Symbolism and Surrealism. After marrying an Italian girl, he – born in an American hippie communities – has chosen to live in …

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JOSEPH KALIHER, AMERICAN PAINTER –Symbolism and Surrealism, between Texas and Italy

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13 DAYS TO GLORY – Novel by Lon Tinkle

He was born on March day, in Dallas. His career as a writer and teacher spanned fifty-four years, beginning in 1942. He is best known for his books (especially those which focused on younger readers), as Thirteen Days to Glory /The Siege of the Alamo, The Cowboy Reader and The Key to Dallas. He was a member of the Philosophical …

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HEAVEN MELT THE RIME, OVER TEXAS

TOPOGRAPHY – Poetry by Sharon Olds After we flew across the country we got in bed, laid our bodies delicately together, like maps laid face to face, East to West, my San Francisco against your New York, your Fire Island against my Sonoma, my New Orleans deep in your Texas, your Idaho bright on my Great Lakes, my Kansas burning …

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ON THE ROADS OF TEXAS – Where Heaven, sometimes has the color of rust

Big Bend National Park is on the border between the US and Mexico, a fantastic nature reserve consists of 90% desert. Beautiful landscapes are in every corner of this park through the Chisos Mountains, but we have not made this long detour south, preferring to get back in Texas at another time, devoting time and enthusiasm to the visit of …

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TEXAS SONGS

Cadillac Ranch – Bruce Springsteen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoTjkeoyr1E Ain’t No Honky Tonks in Jail – Texas American Country Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVI-SRgGz9w Texas Country MusicMix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVb8aYa68iY Austin Texas – Live Music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hvkKgeYQls Slaid Cleaves – Texas Love Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0rkzQzEScg

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INNER LANDSCAPES – Texas

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STEEPING IN DEEP NOSTALGIA – Joseph Henry Sharps, all life for the vanishing culture of the American Indian

JOSEPH HENRY SHARPS 1/3 – He was born in a September day, 1859 and lived a long life (with a prolific career as a painter best known for his realistic portrayal of the American Indians). Over his lifetime, Sharp had produced around 10,500 works of art. He was the first painter to visit New Mexico, before Phillips and Blumenschein made …

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